The Minus Man

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The Minus Man

R

1999

1h 55m

Drama

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Aimless Vann Siegert (Owen Wilson) takes a bizarre turn in life and becomes a serial killer, tracking down the miserable, the self-destructive and those who otherwise seem willing to die. His first victim is wretched junkie Casper (Sheryl Crow). After disposing of her body, Siegert rents a room from turbulent couple Jane and Doug Durwin (Mercedes Ruehl, Brian Cox). From there, Siegert plots his murders, gets work at the post office and falls deeper and deeper into a psychotic haze.

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Critics Consensus

While its subdued thrills and lack of answers may prove frustrating, The Minus Man delivers a chillingly measured performance from Owen Wilson.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Owen Wilson, who can look reassuring or not, depending on how much tension he allows into his face, finds the right insidious, ingratiating tone for Van.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Ray Pride

Newcity

Beyond the stylization of the drama, Fancher also demonstrates an ear for poetic language, flat yet flowering, capturing some unspecified damage in each character’s way of speaking.

Rated: 8/10

Jul 4, 2024

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Caffeinated Clint

Moviehole

A powerful performance by Wilson....and believe me, you've never seen him like this!

Rated: 3/5

Mar 11, 2006

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Film Threat

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Film Threat

Rated: 2/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jul 15, 2005

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john b

A peculiar off beat story of a serial killer. Moody and surreal. A good movie, but ending leaves too many unanswered questions. So many questions that it makes you wonder what was the point. Still, oddly worth a watch.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/30/25

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Thomas W

super boring little happens with a dull ending.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/25

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Dag N

Great pre release publicity blurb about “ talking about it three days afterwards “ The Classic Hour of The Wolf by Ingemar Bergman is like that . However that was conceived by a genius . The Minus Man isn’t genius . It is what I call competent mediocre. The acting , directing, and story is good enough but film overall just doesn’t crossover that Classic or Cult Classic line . I get that leading characters need not be immediately scintillating and seductive but taking this into consideration I still maintain Minus Man is not Art . Film fans of this film might think I am being to lofty hard on it but the Creators of Minus Man do have those ambitions for their project and it falls short .

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/15/24

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mark g

Bored out of my mind. Good talent assembled. But you just wait for it to get clever or interesting and it never does. Had a surreal feel to it, but just tedious.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/27/24

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Mark J

A dreadful nothing film going nowhere! Could have been so much better if it just tried! Terrible.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/26/24

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Audience Member

Excellent film. Throwback genre slo burn methodical journey through a dark mind

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/01/24

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Synopsis

Aimless Vann Siegert (Owen Wilson) takes a bizarre turn in life and becomes a serial killer, tracking down the miserable, the self-destructive and those who otherwise seem willing to die. His first victim is wretched junkie Casper (Sheryl Crow). After disposing of her body, Siegert rents a room from turbulent couple Jane and Doug Durwin (Mercedes Ruehl, Brian Cox). From there, Siegert plots his murders, gets work at the post office and falls deeper and deeper into a psychotic haze.

Director: Hampton Fancher
Producer: Fida Attieh, David Bushell
Screenwriter: Hampton Fancher
Production Co: Shooting Gallery
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $368.8K
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: Surround

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